Title:Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe: Principles and practices
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Author(s):KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, PeterDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2011/41; EUDO - European Union Democracy ObservatoryAbstract:This paper is based on the concluding chapter of a forthcoming volume reporting the results of a
research project that has investigated the principles and practices of party patronage in contemporary
European democracies ...

Title:Representative versus Responsible Government
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Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne; 2009/08Abstract:The changing circumstances in which parties compete in contemporary democracies, coupled with the changing circumstances in which governments now govern, have led to a widening of the traditional gap between representative ...

Title:The Challenge to Party Government
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Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; 2007/09Abstract:At a time when the literature on political parties is brimming with health and vitality, the parties themselves seem to be experiencing potentially severe legitimacy problems and to be suffering from a quite massive ...

Title:Democracy Beyond Parties
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Author(s):MAIR, PeterDate:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Center for the Study of Democracy; 05-06Abstract:This paper is concerned primarily with the way in which the changing character
of political parties impacts upon their standing, legitimacy, and effectiveness.
We see an emerging notion of democracy that is being steadily ...